Our comparisons of per capita costs for solid waste handling with other states showed Delaware was 159% higher

Over the past 10 fiscal years the Delaware Economic Development Office’s Delaware Strategic Fund has awarded over $201 million to firms and organizations in Delaware. Over $126 million of the awards have been outright grants, while $38 million has been in the form of loans, almost $34 million in convertible loans, and the remainder in preventure and equity funding. Has there been a logic to this largess?   The answer is mixed.   Are the disbursements used to offset the busine

For a number of years the state of Delaware has using capital funds to cover operating costs.

The Daliy Beast reports that Delaware is over the top on state government debt.

In CNBC’s recent ranking of the top states for business Delaware came in 42 nd . Is there really any reason for concern? If so, what needs to be done to make Delaware more business competitive?   CNBC scores the 50 states on 40 different measures of competitiveness grouped into ten aggregate categories. Each of the ten categories receives a different weight for determining the overall state’s score.   Of the 2,439 possible points, six categories accounted for almost all of De

The future of Delawares economy lies primarily with its current business base.

Various signs point to the beginning of the recovery in Delawares economy. The road back, however, is steep. Among the indicators of revival, the monthly change in Delawares leading economic indicator has finally turned positive, joining Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The latest Fraser Institute ranking places Delaware number one among the states in economic freedom.

The 2010 ranking of 610 four year degree granting institutions of higher education from Forbes and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity is out. How did the University of Delaware fare? The Forbes rankings of “America’s Best Colleges” are based upon output measures such as post-graduate success, competitive awards, and the four-year graduation rate. The University of Delaware ranks 218. It is necessary to put this ranking in context. As with other large public

The latest data on state to state migration confirms that folks vote rationally with their feet and that Delaware legislators are in denial about this fact.   Census data shows that two-thirds of the net migrants into Delaware from 2007-09 came from just four states: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Not surprisingly, these states have among the highest tax burdens, strong unions, and sluggish economies.   Two-thirds of the net out-migrants from Delaware w